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Thursday 17 August 2017

Russian torpedo boats under construction at Reval, Estonia according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1913-1914 no. 6

An item reported that Creusot was building at Reval [nowadays Tallinn, Estonia] was building for the Russian navy torpedo boats with a displacement of 1.260 tons, dimensions 98 x 9,34 x 2,78 metres. Armament consisted of 2-10,2cm guns, 2 machineguns and 4-45cm torpedo launchers mounted on deck. The machinery consisted of 2 Curtiss turbines and 4 double boilers supplying 3.000 hp allowing a speed of 35 miles.